Imagine that there are American MIAs who chose to remain missing after the Vietnam War. Imagine that there is a family in which four generations of strong, alluring women have shared a mysterious connection to an outlandish figure from Japanese folklore.
Shares stories from the author's unconventional life, from his Appalachian childhood to his adventures around the world, that is as unlikely, magical and bizarre as those of his quixotic characters.
The author of "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" assembles a series of seemingly non-integratable components -- American deserters from Vietnam, generations of women absorbed by Japanese folklore, circuses -- into a satisfying love story.
An Arab and a Jew open a restaurant across the street from the United Nations, and together with a strange group of artists, waitresses, and friends, they await the end of the world.
